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October Circuit Plan

This is a copy of the Circuit Plan for October 2020 – We are slowly trying to open more Churches due to the Coronavirus situation. Not all the Churches will be open every week – Please check on Facebook / Websites etc for up to date information. We are continuing to provide online services every…

Gold and Jewels ?

When the great ocean liner Titanic sank in 1912 it was rumoured to have gone down with a fortune in jewels and gold. That longstanding myth was dispelled, however, by the discovery of the ship’s manifest, which showed that the ship was carrying raw feathers, linen, straw, hatter’s fur, tissue, auto parts, leather, rabbit hair,…

Masking out the emotion

We had a lovely open air service during August and I learned that I needed to acquire yet another new skill thanks to the Covid experience, that of identifying members of the congregation, while wearing face masks.  The task was particularly difficult that particular day with some of our lady’s who were wearing big hats,…

God, close to us

The Italian renaissance artist, Piero della Francesca, was a civic councillor in Sansepolcro, Tuscany. His first commission for the town as an artist was his Baptism of Christ, which has found a home in the National Gallery, London. This is one of my all, time favourite paintings. It shows Christ being baptised by John with…

The joy of painting

What TV programmes in the height of Lockdown did you find helpful? One of the most popular was a 1970’s programme “The Joy of Painting” presentedby Bob Ross, a well-loved and inspirational presenter. Bob is an artist and his particular passion is landscapes. It was truly amazing towatch him take a blank canvas and turn…

The power of personal testimony

Police Inspector Barry Wright was not just a policeman at Scotland Yard, he was also an ordained priest in the church of England.. The odd thing, looking back to his early life, is that, even as a child, he wanted to be both a policeman and a priest but he didn’t know what to do…

Peter Cole

Following the success of our recent drive in worship, we thought that people would want to know that Peter Cole, the man who inspired the event sadly died in the early hours of Sunday 20th September, we sent our best wishes to his wife Dulcie and the family. Please hold them in you prayers at…